List of ships of the line of the Royal Swedish Navy

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Ships of the
Royal Swedish Navy

A-B * C * D-F * G-H
I-K * L * M * N-O* P
Q-R * S * T-V * W-Z

Battleships
Coastal defence ships
Corvettes
Cruisers
Destroyers
Frigates
Mine warfare vessels
Monitors
Patrol vessels
Gunboats
Ships of the line
Sloops of war
Submarines
Torpedo boats

This is a list of Swedish sail battleships of the period 1550-1859:

Armament could vary over time.

  • Elefant 65 (c. 1557) - Wrecked 1564
  • Finska Svan 82
  • Svenska Hektor 87 (c. 1559) - Discarded 1590?
  • St Christopher 58
  • Engel 49
  • St Erik 90 (c. 1560) - Discarded 1585?
  • Mars (also known as Makalös and Jutehatar) 173 (c. 1563) - Burnt 1564
  • Enhörning 41
  • Stockholms Hjort 53
  • Förgylta Dufva 48
  • Hjort 50
  • Röda Hund 44
  • Bramare 46
  • Lilla Svan 50
  • Lilia 44
  • Lilla Hjort 40
  • ? 44 (ex-Livonian Roda Hund, captured 1563)
  • ? 40 (ex-Livonian Bruna Lejon, captured 1563)
  • ? 37 (ex-Livonian Roda Grippa, captured 1563)
  • Skotska Pincka 56 (ex-Danish Skotske Pink, captured 1564) - Captured by Denmark 1569
  • Hector 38 (ex-Danish) - Sunk
  • Svenska Morian 54
  • Tranheje 75
  • Bruna Lejon 45
  • Memnon 46
  • Jonas von Emden 45
  • Hollands Galej 43
  • Kalmar Bark 48
  • Röda Drake 100 (c. 1570) - Discarded 1592?
  • Roda Lejon 40 - Wrecked 1572
  • Finska Memnon 46 - Condemned c. 1574
  • Trekronor 39 (ex-Danish Vite Örn, captured while building c. 1598) - Discarded c. 1625
  • Vasa 50 (c. 1600) - Discarded 1623?
  • Äpplet 50 (c. 1603)
  • Äpplet 74 (c. 1622) - Sold back to builders 1625
  • Äpplet 66 (c. 1628) - Sunk 1659 (same as previous??)
  • Kristina 36 - Wrecked 1628
  • Jupiter 50 (c. 1633) - Sold to France 1647
  • Mars 44 (c. 1633) - BU 1660
  • Krona Ark 68 (c. 1633) - Sunk 1675
  • Göta Ark 72 (c. 1634) - BU 1658
  • Scepter 58 (c. 1636) - Sunk 1675
  • Patentia 48 (c. 1616, ex-Danish Patientia 49, captured 1644)
  • Oldenburg 42 (c. 1628, ex-Danish Oldenborg 32, captured 1644) - Condemned 1660
  • Tre Lejon 46 (c. 1642, ex-Danish Tre Lover 38, captured 1644) - Sunk 1667
  • Andromeda 44 - Wrecked 1654/55
  • Vestervik 44 (bought 1647) - Burnt 1676
  • Cesar 54 (c. 1648) - Captured by Denmark 1677 and renamed Julius Caezar
  • Maria 54 (c. 1648) - Condemned 1677
  • Sankt Anna 46 (c. 1649) - Given to France 1650
  • Wismar 44 (c. 1649) - Given away 1692
  • Herkules 58 (c. 1651) - Rebuilt 1689-90, sunk 1710
  • Carolus 54 (c. 1651) - Renamed Carolus X 1678, sunk 1692?
  • Merkurius 46 (c. 1652) - Renamed Falk 40 c. 1670, captured by Denmark 1675 and renamed Svenske Falk
  • Falk 46 (c. 1652) - Sold to Portugal c. 1670
  • Amarant 46 (c. 1653) - Captured by Denmark 1677 and renamed Amirante
  • Apollo 46 (bought 1654) - Sunk 1677
  • Drake 64 (c. 1655) - Captured by Denmark 1677 and renamed Drage
  • Mane 46 (bought 1655) - Sunk 1698
  • Göteborg 48 (c. 1656) - Condemned 1681
  • Viktoria 74 (c. 1658) - Sunk 1688?
  • Pelikan 40 (ex-Danish Pelikan 36, captured 1658) - Captured by the Netherlands 1658
  • ? (ex-Danish Delmenhorst 44, captured 1658)
  • Ulven 44 (c. 1642, ex-Danish Graa Ulv 36, captured 1659) - Sunk 1670
  • Fenix (c. 1650, ex-Danish Foniks 40, captured 1659) - Pram 1679
  • Andromeda 52 (c. 1659) - Hulk 1692
  • Monikendam 42 (c. 1640, ex-Dutch Monnikendam 28, captured 1659) - Lighter 1676
  • Äpple 90 (c. 1661) - Wrecked 1676
  • Svärd 90 (c. 1662) - Burnt 1676
  • Saturnus 66 (c. 1662) - Renamed Bahus/Bohus 74 1687, sunk 1707
  • Wrangel 64 (c. 1664) - BU 1722
  • Nyckel 84 (c. 1665) - Burnt 1679
  • Jupiter 70 (c. 1666) - Renamed Uppland 1689, sunk 1710
  • Spes 48 (c. 1666) - Wrecked 1697
  • Mars 70 (c. 1667) - Captured by Denmark 1677
  • Sol 70 (c. 1667) - Sunk 1694
  • Venus 68 (c. 1667) - Renamed Finland 1685, sunk 1706
  • Krona 128 (c. 1668) - Capsized and exploded, 1676
  • Svenska Lejon 40/52 - Captured by Denmark 1677 and renamed Svenske Løve
  • Wismar 58
  • Merkurius 68 (c. 1671) - Captured by the Netherlands 1677
  • Neptunus 44 (c. 1673) - Captured by Denmark 1676
  • (Sankt) Hieronymus 70 (bought 1675) - Captured by the Netherlands and given to Denmark, 1677
  • Wrangels Pallats 44 (hired 1675) - Captured by Denmark 1677
  • Lax 50 (c. 1677) - Captured by Denmark 1679
  • Kalmar 62 (c. 1677) - Burnt 1677
  • Carolus XI 82
  • Carolus IX 82 (c. 1678) - Renamed Sverige 1683, renamed Wenden 1684, renamed Prins Karl 1694, renamed Sverige 1694, sank 1724, BU 1733
  • Drottning Ulrika 80
  • Gota 76
  • Drottning Hedvig Eleanora 70 (c. 1680) - Renamed Sverige 1694, renamed Småland 1694, BU 1729
  • Karlskrona 70
  • Wrangel 70
  • Upland 70
  • Hercules 62
  • Drottning Ulrika Eleanora 70 (c. 1680) - Renamed Prinzessin Ulrika Eleanora 1692, renamed Victoria 1694, sunk 1714
  • Öland 56 (c. 1681) - Wrecked 1704/06
  • Wachtmeister 56 (c. 1681) - Captured by Russia 1719
  • Prins Carl 76 (c. 1682) - Sunk 1710
  • Halland 56 (c. 1682) - Sunk 1722
  • Gotland 56 (c. 1682) - BU 1730
  • Lifland 56 (c. 1682) - Sunk 1726
  • Bleking 70 (c. 1682) - Sunk 1713
  • Estland 56 (c. 1683) - Sunk 1733
  • Osel 56 (c. 1683) - BU 1718
  • Konung Karl 90 (c. 1683) - Renamed Drottning Hedvig Eleonora 1694, sunk 1712
  • Carolus IX 56
  • Mane 42
  • Carolus 110
  • Princessa Hedvig 80
  • Wenden 72
  • Viktoria 80 (c. 1690) - Renamed Prinsessa Ulrika 1694, aground and burnt, 1710
  • Pommern 56 (c. 1692) - BU 1770
  • Drottning Ulrika Eleanora 75 (c. 1692) - Renamed Wenden 1694, renamed Prinsessa Hedvig Sophia 1694, captured by Denmark and burnt, 1715 (duplicate of above?)
  • Södermanland 56 (c. 1693) - Captured by Denmark 1715 and renamed Sydermanland
  • Kalmar 46 (c. 1695) - Scuttled 1719
  • Stettin 46 (c. 1695) - Scuttled 1719
  • Enighet 94 (c. 1696) - Rearmed to 66 guns 1730, renamed Konung Fredrik 1732, BU 1785
  • Westmanland 62 (c. 1696) - Rebuilt 1727, BU 1778
  • Goteborg 48 (c. 1696) - Captured by Denmark 1715
  • Skåne 64 (c. 1697) - Rebuilt 1728, BU 1768
  • Wrede 52 (c. 1697) - Lost at sea 1711
  • Frederika Amalia 62 (c. 1698) - Rebuilt 1747, BU 1776
  • Norrkoping 52 (c. 1698) - Wrecked 1708
  • Wismar 46
  • Warberg 42 - Captured by Denmark 1719
  • Elfsborg 42
  • Götha Lejon 90 (c. 1702) - Discarded 1745?
  • Nordstjerna 76 (c. 1703) - Captured by Denmark 1715 and renamed Nordstjern
  • Prins Carl Fredrik 72 (c. 1704) - Discarded 1797?
  • Bremen 64 (c. 1705) - Discarded 1781?
  • Öland 50 (c. 1705) - Wrecked 1742
  • Tre Kroner 86 (c. 1706) - Aground and burnt, 1710
  • Werden 54 (c. 1706) - Discarded 1754?
  • Riga 54 (c. 1708) - Blew up 1717
  • Stockholm 68 (c. 1708) - Discarded 1781?
  • Fredrika/Prinsessa Fredrika von Hessen 52 - Scuttled, captured by Denmark and refloated, 1719
  • Halmstad 54 - Scuttled 1719
  • Prins Carl 90
  • Kronskepp (c. 1710, ex-Russian, captured 1713/14 on delivery voyage, ex-French Le Beau Parterre, ex-Dutch Schonauwen, captured 1711) - Discarded 1722?
  • Ulrika Eleonora 84 (c. 1719) - Discarded 1765?
  • Greve Sparre 52 (c. 1724)
  • (Prinsesse) Sophia Charlotta 60 (c. 1725)
  • Fred 42 (c. 1730)
  • Frihet 66 (c. 1731)
  • Drottningholm 42 (c. 1731)
  • Hessen Cassel 64 (c. 1731) - Renamed Hertig Ferdinand 1779
  • Enighet 70 (c. 1732) - Burnt 1790
  • Sverige 80 (c. 1734) - Wrecked 1738 during transfer to Turkey
  • Prins Wilhelm 54
  • Finland 60/64 (c. 1735) - Captured by Russia 3-7-1790
  • (Konung) Adolf Fredrik 62 (c. 1744) - Renamed Riksens Stander/Riketsständer 1770, aground and burnt, 13-5-1790
  • (Greve) Sparre 54 (c. 1748)
  • Uppland 50 (c. 1749) - Captured by Russia 3-7-1790
  • Södermanland 50 (c. 1749) - Renamed Gripen, discarded 1810?
  • Gotha 66
  • Fredrik Rex 62
  • Prins Carl 64 (c. 1758) - Captured by Russia 13-5-1790
  • Prins Gustaf 70 (c. 1758) - Captured by Russia 1788
  • (Prinsessin) Sophia Albertina 60/72/74/80 (c. 1764) - Wrecked in storm ~20-8-1781
  • (Dronning) Sofia Magdalena 74 (c. 1774) - Captured by Russia 3-7-1790
  • (Prins) Fredrik Adolph 62 (1774) - BU 1825
  • (Konung) Adolph Fredrik 70 (1775) - BU 1825
  • (Konung) Gustaf III 70 (1777) - BU 1825
  • Wasa class
    • Wasa 60 (1778) - BU 1827
    • Hedvig Elisabet Charlotta 60 (c. 1781) - Captured by Russia 3-7-1790
  • Kronprins Gustaf Adolph class (improved Wasa class)
    • Kronprins Gustaf Adolph 62 (1782) - Captured by Russia 17-7-1788 and renamed Prints Gustav, lost at sea 1797
    • Fadnerslandet 62 (1783) - BU 1864
    • Ömheten 62 (1783) - Captured by Russia 3-7-1790
    • Rättvisan 62 (1783) - Captured by Russia 3-7-1790, captured by Britain ~1808
    • Dygd 62 (1784) - Internal explosion and fire 1793
    • Äran 62 (1784) - Rebuilt as frigate Göteborg 1839, sold 1874
    • Forsiktigheten 62 (1784) - BU 1825
    • Dristigheten 62 (1785) - BU 1869
    • Manligheten 62 (1785) - BU 1864
    • Tapperheten 62 (1785) - To Gran Colombia as Bolivar 1825, sold at auction -9-1826, to Portugal by 1848
  • Wladislaff 74 (ex-Russian Vladislav, captured 17-7-1788) - Discarded 1819?
  • Louisa Ulrika 72 (c. 1789) - Ex-East Indiaman. Captured by Russia 1790
  • Konung Gustaf IV 74 (1799) - Renamed Gustaf den Store 1809, renamed Försiktigheten 1825
  • Carl XIII 84 (c. 1819)
  • Karl XIV Johan 84 (1824) - Rearmed to 68
  • Prins Oscar 76 (c. 1830)
  • Gustav den Store 76 (c. 1832)
  • Stockholm 66 (1856)

Sources

  • Naval Wars of the Baltic, 1522-1850 (1969) - R. C. Anderson - ISBN 0902476009
  • A. F. Chapman (1989) - Daniel G. Harris - ISBN 0-85177-486-5